نوايب nawāʼịb A s. plur. (of نايبة) Accidents, unfortunate occurrences.

نمد namad P s. m. Felt, or a coarse woollen cloth formed without weaving, used in coverings for horses or in garments to keep off rain. 2. Membrum virile. نمد پوش namad-posh, Clothed in felt. نمد پوشي namad- posh-ī, s. f. The being clothed in felt, &c. نمد مو namad-mū, adj. Having hair like namad.

نجسي nijassī S̱. (perhaps, for निर्यशस्वी) adj. (dakh.) Unfortunate: see منحوس manḥūs. A. P. نجسي najis-ī, s. (dakh.) Impurity, conta- mination (Harris).

نزيک nazīk P. prepos. (dakh. for نزديک naz- dīk, q. v.) Near, &c.

نربلتا निर्बलता nirbalatā S s. f. Weakness.

نکهت nakhat S̱. (corrupt. of नक्षत्र) s. m. A star, a constellation. See نچهتر.

نوبت naubat A (from نوب Heb. and Aram. ) s. f. 1. A period, time, turn; access (of fever, &c.) fit. 2. Relieving guard, keeping watch. 3. An accident. 4. Opportunity, occasion, vi- cissitude, degree, pitch, weight. 5. Instruments of musick sounding at the gate of a great man at certain intervals. نوبت جهڙنا naubat jhaṛ- nā, v. n. To be sounded the naubat. نوبت خانه naubat-ḵẖāna, A guard-house. A. P. نوبتي naubat-ī, s. m. He who beats the نوبت naubat (as explained at signif. 5. above).

نهاٿو nhāṭū H (from نهاٿنا) s. (dakh.) Runaway, deserter, fugitive (Harris).

نيوشنده niyūsh-anda P part. act. Hearer, lis- tener.

ناگپتني नागपत्नी nāg-patnī S s. f. A female serpent.